From our friends at diaTribe: On November 3, the FDA will host an unprecedented discussion between the diabetes community and senior agency leadership (on both drugs and devices). The event will be live webcast from 1-4 pm Eastern. We want this to...

After a busy summer in the Diabetes Community, we find ourselves transitioning into Fall with just as much activity online! Indeed, the diabetes blogosphere is bristling full of great posts that are just as diverse and beautiful as the changing co...

Next up in our series of interviews with the winners of our 2014 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Scholarship Contest is returning advocate Christel Aprigliano, who was with us for the 2013 event. You may know of Christel's outstanding work establishi...

A beloved diabetes camp for kids in Georgia has been around for 37 years, founded by a woman who was diagnosed with type 1 as a girl almost seven decades ago.They call it Camp Ivy, named in honor of founder Ivy Lockett, who started the camp in the...

A Minnesota man who's been a lifelong (but controversial) advocate for Native American Indians has declared a "War on Diabetes" in the name of his native people, and to raise awareness about type 2 diabetes he's leading an 18,000-mile motorcycle r...

You probably know by now that our correspondent Wil Dubois attended the big annual American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) meeting last week in Orlando, FL -- from his initial reports on diabetes device integration news and yesterday's...

Good Monday, Diabetes Community!Today we bring you the second half of our interview with Derek Rapp, who was recently named JDRF's new CEO to replace the beloved Jeffrey Brewer. He too is a D-Dad and has a 20-year-old son who was diagnosed with ty...

Congrats again to the winners of our 2014 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Scholarship Contest, announced earlier this summer! Over the next weeks, we'll be featuring an interview with each of them -- all leading up to the 2014 DiabetesMine Innovation ...

The summer months are quickly rolling by and we're done with another July. And boy -- has this been a busy one in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC)!Hot summer topics range from new doings at the big CWD Friends For Life conference in Florida, to...

We're thrilled to see what a success the recent diabetes advocacy MasterLab was during the annual Children with Diabetes Friends For Life conference in Florida.This was the first-ever event of its kind, a sort of special day-long class to teach pe...

The country's abuzz about a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) involving the retail chain Hobby Lobby, that dealt with employer-provided health insurance and whether they're obligated to cover certain controversial bi...

Interested in a unique chance to be a diabetes patient advocate mixing it up with Pharma, FDA, Device Experts, Clinicians and other decision-makers? Today is the final day to enter our 2014 Patient Voices Contest -- to win a full scholarship to t...

When you're diagnosed with type 1 as a kid in Western New York, the first step is pretty much the same as anywhere else that you may get that not-so-welcome news: You see an endocrinologist.But when you see an endo at the Women's and Children's Ho...

There's been a lot of talk in the diabetes patient community lately about the accuracy of existing glucometers and issues of access to these and other, more advanced diabetes devices like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Now, ...

We're now at the end of the fifth month of 2014, which is simply amazing - how quickly this year is going by! The summer months bring a bevvy of diabetes conference activity and we're excited about that, but it's already been busy around here in M...

Big News this week in the world of diabetes devices, Folks!Two leading endocrinologist organizations have, for the first time in four years, updated their position on who should be able to get access to insulin pumps, while the Diabetes Technology...

It's Day Three of Diabetes Blog Week, and today the topic is all about respecting mental health. We're asked to write about What Brings Me Down, i.e. what specifically can make dealing with diabetes an emotional issue for you and/or your loved one...

Welcome to another round of Diabetes Blog Week, the fifth year in a row that our blog-happy community has come together to rally around the same topic each day for a full week.If you remember, this whole effort was spearheaded by fellow type 1 Kar...

The saying goes that "a mother's work is never done." As a mother of three myself: So. Totally. Agree.But then there are the moms whose jobs transcend ordinary parenting, those forced to manage a child's illness, with all the heartbreak and drudge...